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Willie Mickey & "The Duke" (Talkin' Baseball)
By Terry Cashman Sheet Music |
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Willie Mickey & "The
Duke" (Talkin'
Baseball) |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1981
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PUBLISHER
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Blendingwell Music
Corporation
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SIZE
- 9" x 12"
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FORMAT
- Sheet
Music
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PRICE GUIDE
- $15.00 - $20.00
Excellent -
Near Mint Condition
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"Willie, Mickey & "The Duke"
(Talking Baseball)" is a song about
New York's three great outfielders
Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, and
Duke Snider. The song also covers
major league baseball from the
1950s to the 1980s. Written by
Terry Cashman, the Sheet music was
published by Blendingwell Music
Corporation in 1981. The song was
released by Lifesong Records during
the 1981 baseball strike.
Terry Cashman, who was honored in Cooperstown as part of Hall of Fame
Weekend 2011, wrote approximately
70 baseball songs. He sang his
timeless hit “Talkin’ Baseball” as
part of the Hall of Fame's Awards
Presentation on July 23, 2011 at
Cooperstown's Doubleday Field. Cashman, again performed the song at the 1982 Induction Ceremony, singing
in front of inductees Hank Aaron,
Happy Chandler, Travis Jackson and
Frank Robinson. On that occasion,
he also performed a song written
specially for the Hall of Fame,
called “Cooperstown (The Town Where
Baseball Lives).”
Terry Cashman has recorded different
versions of the song with new lyrics
for most of the Major League teams. In
2000, he released
"The Subway Series" version
on CD. A parody of the song, entitled "Talkin'
Softball", also sung by Cashman,
appeared in the 1992 episode of The
Simpsons "Homer at the Bat" Terry
Cashman born Dennis Minogue was a hard
throwing right hander out of CCNY. He
was signed by the Detroit Tigers to a
minor league contract for $500. in the
late 1950s. He left baseball two years
later.
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| Talkin' Baseball Sheet Music |
Willie Mickey & "The Duke" 45 RPM Record |
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Willie Mickey & "The Duke" (Talkin' Baseball) - Lyrics
1981
Written And
Performed By Terry Cashman |
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The whiz kids had won it,
Bobby Thomson had done
it,
And Yogi read the
comics all the while.
Rock 'n roll was being
born,
Marijuana, we would
scorn,
So down on the corner,
The national past-time
went on trial.
Refrain:
We're talkin' baseball!
Kluszewski, Campanella.
Talkin' baseball!
The Man and Bobby Feller.
The Scooter, the Barber, and the Newc,
They knew them all from Boston to Dubuque.
Especially Willie, Mickey, and the Duke.
Well , Casey was winning,
Hank Aaron was beginning,
One Robbie going out,
one coming in.
Kiner and Midget Gaedel,
The Thumper and Mel Parnell,
And Ike was the only one winning down in Washington.
Refrain:
Now my old friend, The Bachelor,
Well, he swore he was the Oklahoma Kid.
And Cookie played hooky,
To go and see the Duke.
And me, I always loved Willie Mays,
Man, those were the days!
Refrain:
Well, now it's the 80's,
And Brett is the greatest,
And Bobby Bonds can play for everyone.
Rose is at the Vet,
And Rusty again is a Met,
And the great Alexander is pitchin' again in Washington.
I'm talkin' baseball!
Like Reggie, Quisenberry.
Talkin' baseball!
Carew and Gaylord Perry,
Seaver, Garvey, Schmidt and Vida Blue,
If Cooperstown is calling, it's no fluke.
They'll be with Willie, Mickey, and the Duke.
Willie, Mickey, and the Duke. (Say hey, say hey, say hey)
It was Willie, Mickey and the Duke (Say hey, say hey, say hey)
I'm talkin' Willie, Mickey and the Duke (Say hey, say hey, say hey)
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